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We’re told Jack Swagger smoking marijuana is not news to the WWE office. Sources indicate Swagger has tested positive for grass before and had the fine deducted from his downside guarantee. He even had push once derailed due to positive tests that also carried behavioral issues. Under the WWE Wellness Policy (section 15B), a positive [...]
- WWE Divas Champion Kaitlyn is scheduled to be at this week’s WWE NXT tapings from Full Sail University. Show wrote the following on Twitter: #NXT tonight @fullsail Orlando! Ill be there Champ’n it up. Who wants a piece of this??? (NXT divas only) — Kaitlyn (@KaitlynWWE) February 21, 2013 - WWE developmental worker Oliver [...]
WWE will hold another set of NXT tapings Thursday night from the campus of Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida. Full Sail’s Facebook page provides more information: This month’s NXT filming in the Full Sail Live Venue will feature appearances from former WWE and World Heavyweight Champion “The Viper” Randy Orton, the NXT Superstars, [...]
The Raw crew begins their weekend on Thursday with a live event from the Khalifa International Tennis & Squash Complex in Doha, Qatar. Top names advertised include John Cena, CM Punk and Ryback. Click here for official event information. [...]
Tickets for the 2013 WWE Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony are sold out. I just tried a search and was unable to retrieve any results at Ticketmaster. It’s expected that additional tickets will be available as more inductees are announced. Already confirmed are Mick Foley, Bob Backlund, Trish Stratus and Bruno Sammartino. The 2013 WWE [...]
Jerry Lawler did a local media interview with WMC-TV Channel 14 where he discussed his road to recovery after suffering a heart attack last year. Lawler says his girlfriend tells him he’s depressed because he’s still not cleared to wrestle. While he admitted he doesn’t feel depressed, he’s not cleared to wrestle because he’s taking [...]
Jack Swagger, whose real name is Donald Jacob Hager, was pulled over at 11:59 PM Tuesday night after leaving this week’s Smackdown taping in Biloxi, Mississippi. Police say they initiated a traffic stop when they noticed a 2013 Ford Taurus speeding. Once stopped, the officer observed Swagger, the car’s driver, was impaired and searched the vehicle. Marijuana [...]
Just to clear up any misinformation out there, alcohol was not a factor in the arrest of Jack Swagger. While he was charged with DUI, marijuana possession and speeding, the DUI charge was not for the consumption of alcohol. TMZ updated their report to also confirm this. Jack Swagger Arrested For DUI & Marijuana After [...]
This week’s episode of WWE Raw did an average viewership of 4,662,000 viewers on the USA Network. Below is the breakdown by hour: Hour one – 4,818,000 viewers Hour two – 4,674,000 viewers Hour three – 4,493,000 viewers The show ended up with a 3.30 cable rating. [...]
The reactions are beginning to pour in regarding the arrest of Jack Swagger for DUI and marijuana possession. Everyone seems to be genuinely dumbfounded how he could allow for this to happen after winning the Elimination Chamber match just three days ago. The timing of the arrest is particularly harmful as WWE received a large [...]
TMZ is reporting that Jack Swagger was arrested Tuesday night in Mississippi for allegedly driving under the influence with marijuana in his vehicle. Swagger was leaving this week’s Smackdown taping from the Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi when he was stopped by police for speeding. The officer determined Swagger was driving under the influence and searched [...]
WWE stars answer questions the following questions – “Where do you want the next Wrestlemania to be held?” and “Who’s the strongest superstar in WWE?” – in the latest episode of WWE Inbox. You can watch it embedded in the video below: [...]
Dot com has a new article on 2K Sports acquiring the WWE video game license now online. There isn’t much new from what we’ve already reported although they do still refer to the next game as WWE ’14 and not WWE 2K14 as noted in the ESPN report. 2K’s COO David Ismailer is quoted in [...]
Take-Two Interactive has officially acquired the exclusive rights to the WWE video game license from THQ. While Take-Two is expected to retain key THQ and Yuke Co. employees, there will be at least one significant change. ESPN is reporting that Take-Two will publish the WWE game under their 2K Sports franchise. “We looked at a [...]
The USA Network will air a one-hour special of the 2013 WWE Hall of Fame Ceremony on Tuesday, April 9, 2013 from 10-11 PM/9-10 CT. The 2013 WWE Hall of Fame Ceremony will take place on Saturday, April 6, 2013 from Madison Square Garden in New York City. Current inductees include Bruno Sammartino, Mick Foley, [...]
- WWE has repackaged developmental Diva Davina Rose and changed her name to Bayley. You can view her NXT profile at this link. - WWE has signed Kendra Smith (pictured above) to a developmental contract. She has uploaded video of her training on her official website which gives a lot of information about her. Check [...]
WWE Champion The Rock isn’t scheduled for next week’s WWE Raw in Dallas. Instead, Brock Lesnar is being advertised as the current plan is to rotate their appearances in the shows leading up to Wrestlemania 29. Rock wrote the following on Twitter: Wrapped @wwe RAW (Lafayette). Houraway from landin’ – Panama. Our adventure begins.. Lets [...]
After this week’s Smackdown taping, World Heavyweight Champion Alberto Del Rio beat Big Show in a dark match main event street fight. The finish saw Del Rio put Show through a table to get the pinfall victory. [...]
Devin Cutting is circulating the updated WWE NXT taping schedule from Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida. Below is a look at scheduled tapings through August: February 21, 2013 March 14, 2013 April 11, 2013 May 2, 2013 June 20, 2013 July 11, 2013 August 1, 2013 August 22, 2013 We’ll have full taping [...]
Bruno Sammartino is scheduled for three upcoming WWE appearances as part of his induction into the WWE Hall of Fame over Wrestlemania 29 weekend. Sammartino will appear at the Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Saturday from Madison Square Garden in New York City, at the pay-per-view itself from Metlife Stadium in East Rutherford, New [...]
WWE issued the following press release on Tuesday: Hollywood, CA AND Stamford, Conn. – February 19, 2013 – Paramount Pictures and WWE (NYSE: WWE) today announced a promotional partnership to support Paramount’s upcoming feature film releases, G.I. JOE: RETALIATION and PAIN & GAIN. The cross-platform partnership includes integration opportunities on WWE programming at the Elimination [...]
The following article contains spoiler information. Due to the fact the material in this post will spoil upcoming programming, we have removed the excerpt so you must click the link to view the story contents. [...]
If mainstream media attention is what WWE is going for with Jack Swagger and Zeb Colter well main stream attention is what they got. The right-leaning Fox News Channel featured the a critical segment in reaction to what was on this week’s Raw. They actually concluded by questioning whether or not Ann Coulter could take [...]
The following article contains spoiler information. Due to the fact the material in this post will spoil upcoming programming, we have removed the excerpt so you must click the link to view the story contents. [...]
Last week’s Smackdown did a 1.96 cable rating with an average viewing audience of 2,680,000 viewers on SyFy. The audience was the lowest of the early year. Smackdown Ratings Archive [...]
The following article contains spoiler information. Due to the fact the material in this post will spoil upcoming programming, we have removed the excerpt so you must click the link to view the story contents. [...]
Steve Austin revealed in an interview promoting “The Package” release on DVD that the window on WWE Tough Enough has closed and that WWE really dropped the ball with the reality series. The Package, starring Austin and Dolph Lundgren, is now available on DVD and Blu-Ray and DVD combo pack. [...]
John Cena claimed at the Wrestlemania XXX press conference he wasn’t even sure he was going to work Wrestlemania 29. Watch it embedded in the video below: Information! [...]
Santino Marella wrote the following on Twitter: Neck procedure went well today in Pittsburg, shouldn’t be too long now before I’m back in action, I’m hoping! — Santino Marella (@milanmiracle) February 19, 2013 [...]
Paul Joseph Watson on Alex Jones’ InfoWars.com accuses WWE of demonizing Tea Party Americans as racists and slams the “state of the union” segment with Jack Swagger and Zeb Colter on this week’s Raw. The author mentions the remark on commentary that Swagger and Colter received “fan mail” from Alex Jones, Glenn Beck and Rush [...]
- Chris Jericho put The Shield over in a new post on Twitter: Thanks to everybody who helped get @fozzyrock to over 50,000 followers!! Just in time for @soundwavefest…gonna be insane!! — Chris Jericho (@IAmJericho) February 19, 2013 - Below is a photo of David Otunga in “The Call.” The film, starring Halle Berry is [...]
- WWE has a great article online over on dot com detailing the development of their new WWE title belt. Paul Teutul Sr. and his team over at Orange County Choppers helped place the W. The decision to make a new title belt was made a year and a half ago and more than $50,000 [...]
Lucha Libre USA’s RJ Brewer has responded to Jack Swagger’s new gimmick with Zeb Colter as his mouthpiece. As we confirmed here on WrestlingNewsWorld.com Premium, Vince McMahon ordered that WWE come up with their own rendition of Brewer’s character after the mainstream success it received. Vince was said to be angry and jealous that a [...]
- Wade Barrett is one of many WWE stars now doing DDP Yoga. - Santino Marella, who is currently out with an injury, was backstage at this week’s WWE Raw and participated in a segment that aired on the WWE App with Matt Striker. In the segment, Santino presented Striker with the new Very Best [...]
- R-Truth wrote the following on Twitter regarding his return to WWE Raw: Thank you ALL for the welcome backs!! The grits done hit tha pan! — WWE R-Truth (@RonKillings) February 19, 2013 - The Harlem Shake is hitting everywhere… including WWE. Check out the video embedded below: - The new “assistant managing supervisor” of [...]
- This week’s episode of “Backstage Fallout” Raw is embedded in the video below: - Embedded in the video below is Brodus Clay & Tensai vs. Team Rhodes Scholars from the WWE Elimination Chamber Pre-Show: [...]
The Rock wouldn’t commit to wrestling at Wrestlemania XXX in comments following Monday’s press conference to announce the show from the Superdome in New Orleans. When asked if he would “definitely” have a match at Wrestlemania XXX next year, Rock responded by saying, “I can’t tell you that.” You can watch his comments embedded in [...]
The brahma bull side plates are removable from the new WWE Championship title belt. Below is a new high resolution shot of the title with WWE side plates: Information! [...]
After this week’s WWE Raw went off the air, Cody Rhodes came out to get a look at the new WWE Championship title belt (photos here). The Rock got on the mic and teased Cody for his mustache and asked the audience if he should give Rhodes a Rock Bottom. Cody got on the mic [...]
In addition to the number one contender match we reported here on WrestlingNewsWorld.com, another item advertised for next week’s WWE Raw is that Vince McMahon will “fight” Paul Heyman. The angle was setup as a response to the stipulation Heyman agreed to on last week’s show. Next week’s WWE Raw will take place from the [...]
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